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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2011): Número especial por el Año Internacional de la Química

Isolation and identification of secondary metabolites from Artemisia sodiroi Hieron

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v3i2.68
Submitted
July 29, 2015

Abstract

Artemisia sodiroi Hieron (Asteraceae), commonly known as "Ajenjo", is used in traditional medicine in Southern Ecuador for the treatment of inflammations, stomachaches, hepatic pains, fever, kidney problems, headaches, cough and by women to regulate their menstrual cycle. In this paper we report a phytochemical screening of the aerial parts of A. sodiroi, which led the identification of five known secondary metabolites, 24-methylenecicloartanol, stigmasterol, sitosterol, sabinyl acetate, and methyl-L-inositol, their structure were elucidated by spectroscopic methods including GC/MS, 1H NMR and 13C NMR.

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